Place-based & nature-based experiential programs

We have created a series of stories for young readers called Quoddy Kids Come Along Adventures. These stories engage the imagination and goodness of children in character development, community leadership, diversity, civility, and having fun while learning. Set in and around Eastport, Maine, these stories match up with a website and other travel materials created by our partners, Old Sow Publishing and PassamaQuoddy Bay Adventures, which guide children and their families, via companion maps and website, to visit locations where stories are set. In this way, readers are able to "come along" and "engage" as active participants, becoming part of the story.

Advancing the art and practice of leadership, we present our new Three-Nation Leadership Initiative™. Built on our passion for leadership and our creative teaching style, this Initiative will bring together people in way downeast communities, three tribal communities, and nearby Canadian towns and islands. Please see our Three-Nation Leadership Initiative™ webpage for details and registration.

We offer Leadership Education Programs — custom designed for small business, non profits, and civic groups — to develop Extraordinary Leaders at Every Level.

We are proud to have offered Facilitation for 21 years for the Washington County Leadership Institute, an award-winning Maine leadership program.

Journey

Through our Learning-by-the-Sea Programs, we are proud to have 25 years of successful experience in producing retreats and symposia on leadership, community-building, and creativity. Programs are place-based, steeped in nature, local stories, and history.

Companion programs, "The Roosevelts in Eastport" and "Worth Saving," will be held in Eastport beginning in 2019.

Harvest

We are engaged in Eastport in businesses that are renovating and rejuvenating our historic downtown.

We are leaders, with others, in achieving a ranking for Eastport as the "most resilient and reinventive city in Maine," selected by The Atlantic, NPR, and ESRI. American Futures Project / City Makers is co-produced by Atlantic senior journalist James Fallows and author Debra Fallows. A book on this project will launch in May, 2018.

Flourish

We offer programs — from a single day to a week-long event on topics such as:

Inspiring Leaders:

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Gene Stratton Porter

Rachel Carson

Dr. Janine Benyus

Edward O. Wilson

Ralph Waldo Trine

Wendell Berry

Dr. Seuss

In 2019, we will launch "Smith-Roosevelt Leadership Symposium for Women and Girls," honoring Margaret Chase Smith and Eleanor Roosevelt as leadership models.

We will also revive a Youth Leadership Institute, patterned after the 1941 program hosted by ER on Campobello Island.

Legacy

For over 25 years, we have worked on redeveloping and operating historic properties as a partner in The Lupine Corporation, Ltd.; The Commons, LLC; Dirigamus, Inc.; and 15 Sea Street, LLC. Based on our work, we are developing materials titled "Worth Saving: Triumphant Legacies."

We are spotlighting our 12-year history of successfully fending off the $90 million attempt by 3 LNG developers to place Liquified Natural Gas terminals in Passamaquoddy Bay. We are working with Old Sow Publishing on a definitive book and workbook, presently titled: Being David: Defeating Goliath Developers and Saving Passamaquoddy Bay.